I have never seen our ruling class in such panic…….the Daily Mail is going bonkers……..but among the other gems is OWEN JONES ‘re-positioning himself’. ‘I have never had an interest in defending the union’ he blithely states in today’s Guardian………..er…..can this be the same Owen Jones who has been urging a NO VOTE for the last year……..why YES it is…………what a self-serving hypocrite……..the gall of the man.

“Sterling shed 0.7 percent to $1.6221 after sliding as low as $1.6165 in early trade, the lowest since last November and the biggest daily drop in eight months, after a poll showed the “yes” to Scottish independence campaign on 51 percent against 49 percent for the “no” camp.” Reuters

I think sterling fallen even further by now. Certainly enjoying the panic amongst the politicians and the long faces of the royals.
But just one memory sticks out of working alongside a Glaswegian labour voter. When asked if he wanted independence he said no because there were too many nutters in Scotland. At the time I thought he meant Tommy Sheridan and his trot friends but of course he wasn’t – it’s the orange lodge and the many tens of thousands of loyalists that dampened his enthusiasm. A sobering thought and a reminder that whatever happens and however we might be urging the scots on, it’s unlikely to be pretty for long.